The thing that really got me in Koh's action is that he KNEW Jira would be unhappy or angry, and he still went ahead and did it anyway. He knew because he asked to "please not be angry" because he was so excited about what he was to show Jira.
This is a textbook entitled behavior: to believe, to be absolutely sure, that your emotions are the more important ones and that it is your emotions that define the situation. That the person to feel the same emotion as you equals love. We see it all around in real life when power dynamics is in play. Men tend to not only measure every interaction with a woman with their own emotions, but for many men even things like acknowledging a woman's boundaries equals defining them for her.
Koh has this love blooming inside and genuine wish to connect with Jira but he is ignoring Jira's boundaries so brutally that their obvious connection just gets screwed.
And - Koh knew. He just chose that if he is happy enough, than Jira must be happy too.
Big mistake.
Jira, well done, my boy - even though it is heartbreaking and hella scary. But this is not a wound to ignore.
Dew acting a broken heart when Jira confessed was so real. I could not look away. You can see everything: how his heart drops to his stomach, how the pain starts spreading in his chest and spreading roots fast, yet step by step. I am in awe - and in pain, he acted it so well.
Sad painting 🎨😔 Pheem keeps wondering why Jira can't draw him as he drew Koh and after finally meeting the…
I wonder if Jira will share with us why he cried looking at his painting of Pheem.
In the novel, when he painted the picture, he realized that romance was possible between him and Pheem, but then Koh came and swept him off his feet, and everything changed. Here though it looks somehow different for me. I wonder what meaning P'Nuchy embedded here.
I am also trying to remember - did Pheem see Koh's paintings or did he know anything about them? I am trying to recall, but it seems to me that he will not know the difference until he sees a picture of Koh.
May I just say how much I love watching JoongDunk reacting to this series - in some ways even more than watching the series themselves. Seeing them laugh, respond emotionally or sharing some behind the scenes stuff is so great.
I gotta say, I watched probably all OffGun series, and it took them a while to grow on me.
What is really beautiful though, is how their first kiss each time is so different - especially with P'Nuchy directing. Emotion, movement, dynamic - each time all of it is new, and witnessing it actually magical.
Honestly, the AI part of the plot grabbed my attention so strongly that at times I have been forgetting all the romantic part throughout the episodes.
This is a textbook entitled behavior: to believe, to be absolutely sure, that your emotions are the more important ones and that it is your emotions that define the situation. That the person to feel the same emotion as you equals love. We see it all around in real life when power dynamics is in play. Men tend to not only measure every interaction with a woman with their own emotions, but for many men even things like acknowledging a woman's boundaries equals defining them for her.
Koh has this love blooming inside and genuine wish to connect with Jira but he is ignoring Jira's boundaries so brutally that their obvious connection just gets screwed.
And - Koh knew. He just chose that if he is happy enough, than Jira must be happy too.
Big mistake.
Jira, well done, my boy - even though it is heartbreaking and hella scary. But this is not a wound to ignore.
- You are good enough as you are already. It is just being good and being loved are two different things.
For real though, as Joong and Dunk said in heir reaction to episode 4, I think - nothing is moving except for their relationship 😂
In the novel, when he painted the picture, he realized that romance was possible between him and Pheem, but then Koh came and swept him off his feet, and everything changed. Here though it looks somehow different for me. I wonder what meaning P'Nuchy embedded here.
I am also trying to remember - did Pheem see Koh's paintings or did he know anything about them? I am trying to recall, but it seems to me that he will not know the difference until he sees a picture of Koh.
What is really beautiful though, is how their first kiss each time is so different - especially with P'Nuchy directing. Emotion, movement, dynamic - each time all of it is new, and witnessing it actually magical.